From Wirra Wirra’s own biodynamically farmed Chook Block Vineyard planted in 1960, there comes from time to time very small parcels of exceptionally intense, high quality fruit. In the very best years this fruit is vinified separately to create wines of unique interest, they are released in tiny quantities under this simple and unpretentious label... Chook Block. Initially crafted from the great 1998 vintage, Chook Block takes its name from one of Greg Trott’s original broiler chicken sheds, adjacent to the vineyard itself.
A bouquet of ripe plums, mulberries and black cherries with sweet aromas of aniseed, chocolate and French oak. Concentrated and voluptuous, the palate extends from its rich fruit beginnings through to more savoury notes of cedar and cocoa, along with baked earth and forest floor. Texture builds to a fine chew of rounded, grainy tannins. Layered and complex, this is a wonderful expression of 60 year old vines in their prime.
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Country |
Australia |
Region |
McLaren Vale |
Grape |
Shiraz |
ABV |
14.5% |
Vintage |
2018 |
Size |
75cl |
Type / Colour |
Red |
Style |
Full Bodied |